Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee)
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Saint Thomas More High School formerly Thomas More High School | |
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Address | |
2601 East Morgan Avenue Coeducational | |
Motto | Inspired by Christ, driven by Innovation. |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
Established | 1890 (as Pio Nono) |
School district | Archdiocese of Milwaukee |
President | Mark Joerres |
Faculty | 29 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 445 (2007–2008) |
Average class size | 22 |
Color(s) | Cavalier Blue and Grey |
Athletics | 18 varsity sports |
Athletics conference | Metro Classic |
Nickname | TM, STM, More |
Team name | Cavaliers |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
Newspaper | The Utopian |
Yearbook | The Chancellor |
Athletic Director | John Hoch |
Website | http://www.tmore.org |
Saint Thomas More High School is a
Background
Beginning in 2007, students are equipped with a laptop computer at the start of the school year.[3]
Athletics
Saint Thomas More High School is a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Woodland Conference. The school offers the following sports:
Fall: football, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, girls' swimming, girls' tennis, girls' golf, girls' pom pons
Winter: boys' basketball, girls' basketball, boys' bowling, girls' bowling, boys' swimming, girls' pom pons, wrestling
Spring: baseball, boys' track & field, girls' track & field, boys' tennis, boys' golf, girls' soccer, girls' softball
State titles
Thomas More High School has won 18 state titles from 1973 to the present:
- 1973 boys' cross country
- 1974 boys' cross country
- 1974 boys' wrestling
- 1975 boys' wrestling
- 1976 football
- 1976 boys' cross country
- 1977 football
- 1978 boys' cross country
- 1980 boys' cross country
- 1981 boys' cross country
- 1981 football
- 1981 boys' track & field
- 1981 boys' baseball
- 1988 boys' basketball
- 1996 boys' baseball
- 1999 girls' volleyball
- 2000 girls' volleyball
- 2006 Soccer
Conference championships
PN denotes Pio Nono, DB denotes Don Bosco
- Boys' soccer (TM: 1998, 1999, 2012)
- Wrestling (DB: 1958, 1965, 1969, 1970; PN: 1972; TM: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
- Boys' track & field (TM: 1976, 1981)
- Boys' golf (PN: 1931; DB: 1962; TM: 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Football (PN: 1927, 1935, 1936; DB: 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970; TM: 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2004)
- Boys' cross country (TM: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1998)
- Boys' basketball (PN: 1932, 1937; DB: 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1970; TM: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002)
- Baseball (PN: 1931; DB: 1954, 1955; TM: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009)
- Boys' tennis (TM: 2011, 2012)
- Girls' volleyball (TM: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
- Softball (TM: 1995, 1996)
- Girls' basketball (TM: 1998, 2000)
- Girls' golf (TM: 2003)
- Girls' bowling (TM: 2009)
Thomas More's girls' volleyball team had a winning streak from 1997 to 2005, during which it won 77 conference matches and 8 consecutive conference titles.
The school's mascot is the Cavaliers.
Notable alumni and faculty
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- George Lee Andrews, Broadway actor and Guinness World Records holder for most performances in the same Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera
- Dave Cieslewicz, 56th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Pedro Colón, first Latino elected to the Wisconsin legislature, now a Wisconsin circuit judge
- Tony Award-winning actor in 1993 for Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Jonathan Dekker, professional football player
- Bob Donovan, Wisconsin state legislator
- Jim Haluska, Rose Bowl quarterback and NFL player, coached and taught at Thomas More
- Wisconsin State Senate
- Dick Miller, Played for Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz during 1980–81 season
- Jerry Panek, professional soccer player and coach, former coach at St. Thomas More
- John R. Plewa, Wisconsin state senator
- Edward J. Zore, Former CEO of Northwestern Mutual
- T. J. Otzelberger, American basketball coach, currently Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Iowa State University (ISU)
- Jim Jodat, former NFL football player with the Rams, Seahawks, and Chargers
References
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ About Saint Thomas More High School: History
- ^ TMHS. "School History". Retrieved 2007-05-11.